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Failure isn't the opposite of success - lack of failure is. Understanding this distinction can be the key to unlocking your greatest potential and achievements.
• Failure ingredients like disappointment, letdown, and catastrophe are actually critical components of success
• Thomas J Watson's formula for success: double your rate of failure
• Failure is temporary only if you decide it is
• Stories of famous "failures" like Bill Gates, Abraham Lincoln, and Henry Ford who became legendary successes
• Michael Jordan missed 9,000 shots and lost almost 300 games in his career
• The inspiring 14-year journey of astronaut Mike Fossum, who was rejected from NASA six times before success
• Muscle only grows by being torn down - both physically and metaphorically
• Every failure brings you closer to success by eliminating wrong solutions
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Chapters
1. Embracing Failure as Success Ingredient (00:00:00)
2. Learning to Welcome Your Failures (00:09:32)
3. Arctic Survival: Finding Hidden Strength (00:15:36)
4. Famous Failures Who Made History (00:22:12)
5. My Brother's 14-Year Journey to Space (00:26:24)
6. Taking Action: Make Failure Your Ally (00:30:08)
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